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Lot 159

Collection of Photographs of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar on Visits to Eretz Israel

Seven photographs from visits of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar in Eretz Israel.
Photograph of the Rebbe testing the children of Talmud Torah Satmar in Jerusalem (during his visit in 1955); photograph of the Rebbe walking down the streets of Bnei Brak surrounded by his followers; photograph of the Rebbe descending from a train surrounded by followers, stewards and policemen; two (different) photographs of the crowds greeting him on Zupnik Square of the Edah HaCharedit in Jerusalem, and above them a sign captioned: "The Edah HaCharedit Greets our Master"; photograph of the Rebbe standing next to a group of people greeting him (including R. Chaim Shmuelovitz, dean of Mir Yeshiva); photograph of a group of Chassidim accompanying the Rebbe to the Safed cemetery.
Original photographs of the photographer Kalman (Karl) Weiss of "Photo Weiss" in Jerusalem – on the reverse side of the photographs appear stamps and inscriptions of the archive (a decorated frame surrounding a handwritten inscription: "The history of the people, the Jewish settlement in Eretz Israel").

7 original photographs, 18x12 cm. Good general condition. Wear and damage to the margins of one of the photographs.